Mattresses in Egham

A mattress clean in Egham is extraction at low moisture on both faces where the mattress can be turned, with the seams and buttons worked by hand.

Price

£35 per mattress. Usually booked alongside carpets or a sofa, because the minimum charge on one off work is £67 and a mattress on its own sits under it.

What it deals with

Dust, skin residue and the allergen load that builds in the top layers. Sweat marking improves a lot. Old urine staining lightens but the tide mark rarely goes completely, and we say that before we start rather than after.

Drying

Two to four hours before it can be made up again. Book it for the morning and the bed is usable that night.

Affinity Water supplies TW20 off chalk aquifers and the water is hard, with company-wide averages around 268 ppm. Rinse water leaves visible scale, and wool carpets need a neutralising rinse rather than plain mains water.

See also upholstery and carpets.

Questions we get asked

Does it get rid of dust mites?

A clean takes out the dust, skin and debris the mites feed on, and the allergen load in the top layers drops a long way. It is not a treatment and we will not tell you the mattress is sterile afterwards. Households with asthma tend to notice the difference most, and once a year keeps it there.

There is an old wee stain from the kids. Will it go?

It lightens, often a lot. The tide mark at the edge rarely goes completely, because the dried salts have marked the ticking itself. Smell is a separate question and usually does improve, since that comes from what soaked in rather than what shows. £35 a mattress, and we say all this before we start.

Can we sleep on it the same night?

Yes if we come in the morning. Two to four hours before it can be made up again, which is why we work at low moisture on mattresses. Strip the bed before we arrive and open the window in that room. In a cold damp house, allow longer or run the heating for an hour.

Is it worth having done on its own?

Not really at £35, because the minimum charge on one off work is £67. Nearly everyone has it done alongside the bedroom carpet or a sofa, and then it is £35 on top of that. If it truly is the only thing you want, we will still come out, but you would be paying the minimum for it.